Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-42,: Re: Kflushd not flushing?

# Re: Kflushd not flushing?

Fuzzy Fox (fox@dallas.net)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:18:22 -0500

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Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no> wrote:
>
> The 2.1 kernels has a kflushd to replace the bdflush program, and when
> the old bdflush program is run now it terminates at once:
>
> The bdflush program also served as update(8). kflushd does not seem
> to do this. Is it supposed to? Do we need update again?

On my 2.1.125 system, I have a kflushd and an update (bdflush) daemon
both running. Is this incorrect configuration? My setup was leftover
from the 2.0 kernel that I upgraded from, so maybe I am not supposed to
be running bdflush? Please advise.

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